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Canada and Türkiye Launch Strategic Partnership as Free Trade Talks Near
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a three year action plan and an expanded air transport agreement, with the first round of free trade talks set for next month.
Inflation Edges Up to 3.1 Per Cent as Gasoline Surges, but Grocery Price Growth Slows
Gasoline is up nearly 28 per cent from a year ago, while core measures hold near 2 per cent and store bought food prices rose the least since May 2024.
Albertans Reject Separation Question, With About 76 Percent Voting to Remain in Canada
Early unofficial results show a lopsided result on the province’s non-binding separation question, while counting continues on nine other questions.
Four Canadian Soldiers Killed and 39 Injured in Fire During Alberta Training Exercise
National Defence has named the four soldiers who died at CFB Wainwright after a grass fire, driven by strong winds, overtook a training area during live fire exercises.
Poilievre Takes Tariff-Free Auto Pitch to Detroit as Canada and the US Stay at Odds
The Conservative leader met auto industry and union representatives in Michigan after a Windsor news conference, while the 25 percent US tariff on Canadian vehicles remains in place.
Carney Urges Albertans to Choose Unity One Week Before Referendum
In a Thanksgiving video, the prime minister said, “We are stronger together,” as Alberta prepares to vote on October 19 on whether to remain a province of Canada.
Anand Heads to India and the UAE as Canada Pushes for a Trade Agreement
The foreign minister travels October 13 to 16 while Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu leads Canada’s largest trade mission to India in more than 30 years.
What Albertans Are Voting On as Advance Referendum Voting Begins
Albertans will vote on 10 questions on October 19. The one about leaving Canada asks whether to start a legal process, not whether to separate.
Ukraine Offers Reciprocal Halt to Energy Strikes as Pressure From Washington Grows
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv will stop hitting Russian oil refineries if Moscow stops striking Ukraine’s energy grid, a day after Donald Trump said Ukraine needs a new leader.
Supreme Court Sets New Sentencing Framework for Cases Involving Indigenous Offenders and Victims
A five to four ruling says judges must weigh the circumstances of Indigenous offenders together with the vulnerability of Indigenous women who experience violence, and that denunciation does not always require a longer prison term.
Canada Loses 68,300 Jobs in September as Youth Employment Weakens
The unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent as a second monthly employment decline wiped out the year's gains and left the Bank of Canada facing a harder decision.
Ottawa Moves to Keep Mental Illness Alone Outside Canada's Assisted Dying Law
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says new legislation this fall will indefinitely stop the planned March 2027 expansion and allow advance requests, as the Commons rejects a Conservative bill on the same question.
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